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DIRECTOR'S CUT: Toxic or Not: GREASE

Is Grease toxic… or not?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react to Grease and question whether Sandy and Danny’s relationship is toxic or not. In this serie...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to THE WILD ROBOT

How do you know when you’re ready to be a parent? How do you forgive when you’ve been hurt permanently?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Jon...

You pick an episode!

Thank you for submitting episode suggestions. Below are your top picks. Whichever one gets the most votes, we'll do an episode on it at our next shoot!

Please note: even if your top choice do...

Drops: February 2025

Hi, Patrons! Are you excited to watch a new director's cut LIVE with Jono and Alan? Pick which episode you want to watch with them in February. Then, we'll watch it together using Drops right here ...

EXCLUSIVE EPISODE: Psychology of a Hero: MOBIUS (from Loki TV series)

How do you pivot when your worldview changes?

In this Patreon-exclusive episode, licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are taking a look at navigating a crisis of fa...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: LOKI

How does insecurity hurt others? 

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are revisiting Loki, not as a villain but as a hero. They’re taking a look at his hero...

Filmmaking Deep Dive: Directing CyranØ

Filmmaker Alan Seawright is in the spotlight in this deep dive all about directing CyranØ. Get a big peek behind the curtain, find out what Alan thinks of directing, and find out what everyone els...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Movie Couple Therapy: THE IDEA OF YOU

How do you find common ground in a relationship with a lot of differences?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to the May-December romcom, The Idea of...

Schedule Update: CyranØ

We were going to announce the release date of the film! But there are wildfires annihilating Los Angeles. So... we are not quite ready to announce a date yet. But it will be sometime in the next co...

Patreon Exclusive Live Q&A - January 2025

Thanks for submitting your questions! The live Q&A is scheduled for Thursday, January 16th at 9am MT (at the link above), but it will also be available to watch afterward ...

January Grab Bag of Mystery: Meet the Remote Crew

Each month, you get a random piece of exclusive bonus content as a thank you for supporting us on Patreon. January's Grab Bag of Mystery perk is an introduction to Cinema Therapy's remote crew! Did...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: INSIDE OUT 2 with guests Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

How do you learn to be comfortable with yourself?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are again joined by Inside Out 2’s director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark N...

That's a Wrap: December 2024

Here's a recap of what we did last month!

We did it! We survived and maybe even thrived in 2024, and what a year we had. If you need a refresher, check out last month's ...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Mormons React to HERETIC with directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

What is the value of questioning your beliefs? How do you recognize confirmation bias?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react to Heretic with the directors, Sco...

Submit Your Questions: January Q&A

At each shoot, we A your Qs! Please use the Google Form (linked above) to submit your questions for the Q&A. Your questions can be about Cinema Therapy, the guys, or anything in between. It's a...

Alan & Jono's Watching/Reading List: December 2024

Alan:

Hello Heroes!

It’s been one of the warmest Decembers on record here in Utah. So… yay? Go climate change? Not really. It’s also been super-polluted (look it up, Utah has ...

Pickup Shot: Director's Diary

Why does a movie about a rogue dating AI in a phone app need bags of leaves? You've come to right place to find out!

We're getting close to a locked edit, and that means... Pickup shots! Ever...

VFX Begins! Director's Diary

Making movies is all fun and adventure and magic and creativity.

And spreadsheets.

And organizing things.

What a wonderful life I've chosen for myself!

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: BILBO BAGGINS

How do you get outside of your comfort zone?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are doing a psychology of a hero on Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit trilogy. They qu...

Therapy Deep Dive: Character Interviews with CyranØ Actors

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker welcomes actors Twyla Wilson and Emilio Palafox to deep dive on the psychology of their characters in the upcoming short film that YOU funded, CyranØ.

Drops: January 2025!

Hi, Patrons! Are you excited to watch a new director's cut LIVE with Jono and Alan? Pick which episode you want to watch with them in January. Then, we'll watch it together using Drops right here o...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Family Therapist Ranks DISNEY Parents

How do you be a present parent? What place does strategy have in parenting?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are taking a look at Disney parents and ranking the...

December Grab Bag of Mystery: 2024 Tier List

Each month, you get a random piece of exclusive bonus content as a thank you for supporting us on Patreon. December's Grab Bag of Mystery perk is a tier list that looks back on the year we had... a...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Movie Family Therapy: HOME ALONE

How do family crises actually help? Is Home Alone just Deadpool for kids!?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are celebrating the holidays by doing a movie family...

Winter sale + freebie!

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CyranØ Assembly Edit: Director's Diary

It's been way too long since you got a Director's Diary about this project! So here's the latest happenings:

We have an assembly edit. Which is a terrible thing to watch. It makes you questio...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: WOLVERINE

How do you let people in after hurting yourself and others?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are doing a psychology of a hero on Wolverine. They’re taking a l...

You pick an episode!

Thank you for submitting episode suggestions. Below are your top picks. Whichever one gets the most votes, we'll do an episode on it at our next shoot!

Please note: even if your top choice do...

That's a Wrap: November 2024

Here's a recap of what we did last month!

Last month was bananas. So you get a gigantic recap!

November began with the shoot for Cinema Therapy Studios' first short f...

DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: DEADPOOL

How do you be a hero when you don’t feel like one?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are doing a psychology of a hero on Deadpool. They’re taking a look at r...